Senior Robotics Software Engineer

Wwshemi; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

Wwshemi in San Francisco, CA, seeks an experienced robotics software engineer to own production C++ features on a live robotic system, focusing on sensor data processing, tracking, control, and autonomy for field deployments.

You will optimize real-time performance, develop tests, and participate in field tests and on-site work. On-site only; visa sponsorship not available; security clearance valued.

Qualifications

• At least 4 years of hands-on robotics software engineering experience.
• Production C++ experience on a physical robotic system.
• End-to-end ownership of features involving sensor data, tracking, or autonomy.
• Fluency with real-time systems, including threading, latency, and timing.
• Experience with ROS/ROS2, cameras, IMUs, encoders, or gimbal systems is a plus.
• Defense, aerospace, or safety-critical software experience and an active security clearance is valued. US Person status is required due to export controls.

Responsibilities

• Own production C++ features across sensor data processing, tracking, control, or autonomy.
• Profile and resolve threading, latency, and timing issues in the software you own.
• Develop tests alongside features and build or maintain CI/CD and hardware-in-the-loop testing.
• Debug issues that occur on physical systems, including failures identified through recorded or replayed sensor data.
• Take part in regular field testing.

Skills

Robotics software engineering

Production C++ on robotic systems

Real-time systems

Sensor data processing

CI/CD testing

Tools

ROS/ROS2

CI/CD tooling

Job description

This listing's locations On-site - San Francisco, California, United States

Employment Full-time

Workplace On site

Compensation $185000–235000 per year

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Join a defense technology team building autonomous systems that combine robotics, perception, and directed energy. You will develop and validate software on physical hardware, supporting reliable sensing, tracking, control, and autonomy in field environments.

What You'll Do

• Own production C++ features across sensor data processing, tracking, control, or autonomy.
• Profile and resolve threading, process structure, latency, and timing issues in the software you own.
• Develop tests alongside features and build or maintain CI/CD and hardware-in-the-loop testing.
• Debug issues that occur on physical systems, including failures identified through recorded or replayed sensor data.
• Take part in regular field testing.

What We're Looking For

• At least 4 years of hands-on robotics software engineering experience.
• Production C++ experience on a physical robotic system, with software that reached repeated use in the field or by operators, customers, or fleets.
• End-to-end ownership of features involving sensor data, tracking, control, or autonomy.
• Fluency with real-time systems, including threading, latency, and timing analysis.
• Experience with sensor timestamps, time synchronization, coordinate-frame transforms, sensor fusion, Kalman filtering, or target tracking is valuable.
• Familiarity with ROS or ROS2, cameras, IMUs, encoders, gimbal or turret systems, and robotics HIL testing is a plus.
• Defense, aerospace, or safety-critical software experience and an active security clearance are valued. US Person status is required due to export controls.

Base salary is $185,000 to $235,000 annually, plus equity. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

On-site five days per week in San Francisco, California, United States. The role includes field test days.